Re: errors during the latex run

2007-11-16 Thread Paul A. Rubin

e-letter wrote:

Readers,

I am trying to create a custom bibtex style file, using the merlin.mbs
function. When I try to preview the lyx document in the di viewer I
get an error about the latex run, furthermore stating I should try to
fix them.

How do I find out what were the errors in the first instance?



Document - LaTeX Log should show them.

/Paul



Re: errors during the latex run

2007-11-16 Thread Paul A. Rubin

e-letter wrote:

Readers,

I am trying to create a custom bibtex style file, using the merlin.mbs
function. When I try to preview the lyx document in the di viewer I
get an error about the latex run, furthermore stating I should try to
fix them.

How do I find out what were the errors in the first instance?



Document - LaTeX Log should show them.

/Paul



Re: errors during the latex run

2007-11-16 Thread Paul A. Rubin

e-letter wrote:

Readers,

I am trying to create a custom bibtex style file, using the merlin.mbs
function. When I try to preview the lyx document in the di viewer I
get an error about the latex run, furthermore stating I should try to
fix them.

How do I find out what were the errors in the first instance?



Document -> LaTeX Log should show them.

/Paul



Re: Errors during the Latex run

1999-05-04 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes

 "Chris" == ctdole  [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Chris The upgrade helped. I only get an error the first time I output
Chris to dvi or the printer. If I ignore the error and try again it
Chris works. I am going recompile LyX now that I have upgrade the
Chris tetex package and see if that helps.

I really do not understand what is going on. The only strange thing is
the version number of the setspace.sty file, which may make problems
(only one digit in the day part). You might get an updated version
from
  
ftp://ftp.loria.fr/pub/unix/tex/ctan/macros/latex/contrib/supported/setspace/setspace.sty

or any ctan mirror nerer from your site. You should place the file at
/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/misc/setspace.sty. 

Hope this helps.

JMarc



Re: Errors during the Latex run

1999-05-04 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes

 "Chris" == ctdole  [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Chris The upgrade helped. I only get an error the first time I output
Chris to dvi or the printer. If I ignore the error and try again it
Chris works. I am going recompile LyX now that I have upgrade the
Chris tetex package and see if that helps.

I really do not understand what is going on. The only strange thing is
the version number of the setspace.sty file, which may make problems
(only one digit in the day part). You might get an updated version
from
  
ftp://ftp.loria.fr/pub/unix/tex/ctan/macros/latex/contrib/supported/setspace/setspace.sty

or any ctan mirror nerer from your site. You should place the file at
/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/misc/setspace.sty. 

Hope this helps.

JMarc



Re: Errors during the Latex run

1999-05-04 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes

> "Chris" == ctdole  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Chris> The upgrade helped. I only get an error the first time I output
Chris> to dvi or the printer. If I ignore the error and try again it
Chris> works. I am going recompile LyX now that I have upgrade the
Chris> tetex package and see if that helps.

I really do not understand what is going on. The only strange thing is
the version number of the setspace.sty file, which may make problems
(only one digit in the day part). You might get an updated version
from
  
ftp://ftp.loria.fr/pub/unix/tex/ctan/macros/latex/contrib/supported/setspace/setspace.sty

or any ctan mirror nerer from your site. You should place the file at
/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/misc/setspace.sty. 

Hope this helps.

JMarc



Re: Errors during the Latex run

1999-05-03 Thread ctdole

The upgrade helped. I only get an error the first time I output to dvi
or the printer. If I ignore the error and try again it works. I am going
recompile LyX now that I have upgrade the tetex package and see if that
helps. 

Thanks,
Chris

-- 
   Intel: where Quality is job number 0.9998782345!

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:

 This probably a problem with your installation, indeed. If we want to
 get more info on this, you should send the latex log file: when you
 just had the error, go to /tmp/lyx_tmp/lyx_bufrtmp/, where
  is some weird number, and look for a file with extansion .log
 there. It should contain a more detailed error report.
 
 JMarc

This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.2) (format=latex 1998.10.11)  2 MAY 1999 12:30
**Prolouge_test.tex
(Prolouge_test.tex
LaTeX2e 1998/06/01
Babel v3.6j and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, italian, n
ohyphenation, loaded.

(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 1998/05/05 v1.3y Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/size10.clo
File: size10.clo 1998/05/05 v1.3y Standard LaTeX file (size option)
)
\c@part=\count79
\c@section=\count80
\c@subsection=\count81
\c@subsubsection=\count82
\c@paragraph=\count83
\c@subparagraph=\count84
\c@figure=\count85
\c@table=\count86
\abovecaptionskip=\skip41
\belowcaptionskip=\skip42
\bibindent=\dimen102
) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty
Package: fontenc 1998/06/12 v1.9p Standard LaTeX package
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/t1enc.def
File: t1enc.def 1998/06/12 v1.9p Standard LaTeX file
LaTeX Font Info:Redeclaring font encoding T1 on input line 81.
)) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/misc/setspace.sty
Package: setspace 1998/04/8 6.3 Contributed and Supported LaTeX2e package
Package: `setspace' 6.3 1998/04/8
)

! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H return  for immediate help.
 ...  
  
l.23 \begin{document}
 
You're in trouble here.  Try typing  return  to proceed.
If that doesn't work, type  X return  to quit.

No file Prolouge_test.aux.
\openout1 = `Prolouge_test.aux'.

LaTeX Font Info:Checking defaults for OML/cmm/m/it on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:... okay on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:Checking defaults for T1/cmr/m/n on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:... okay on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:Checking defaults for OT1/cmr/m/n on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:... okay on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:Checking defaults for OMS/cmsy/m/n on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:... okay on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:Checking defaults for OMX/cmex/m/n on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:... okay on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:Checking defaults for U/cmr/m/n on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:... okay on input line 23.
[1

] (Prolouge_test.aux)

 *File List*
 article.cls1998/05/05 v1.3y Standard LaTeX document class
  size10.clo1998/05/05 v1.3y Standard LaTeX file (size option)
 fontenc.sty1998/06/12 v1.9p Standard LaTeX package
   t1enc.def1998/06/12 v1.9p Standard LaTeX file
setspace.sty1998/04/8 6.3 Contributed and Supported LaTeX2e package
 ***

 ) 
Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
 242 strings out of 10906
 2622 string characters out of 71921
 46636 words of memory out of 263001
 3228 multiletter control sequences out of 1+0
 5880 words of font info for 17 fonts, out of 20 for 1000
 15 hyphenation exceptions out of 1000
 23i,4n,23p,145b,160s stack positions out of 300i,100n,500p,3b,4000s

Output written on Prolouge_test.dvi (1 page, 1192 bytes).



Re: Errors during the Latex run

1999-05-03 Thread ctdole

I compiled 1.0.2pre3 again with the new versions of tetex and I get the
same error. I guess I will just have to live with this "feature". I also
used my the first four Gnomeish images (cut, copy, open,  emph) that I
converted for my personal version of LyX so that it matches the rest of
my gtk+ apps.

 Screenshot: http://web.infoave.net/~ctdole/lyx_screenshot.jpg

Thanks for the help,
Chris

-- 
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day;
 teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.



Re: Errors during the Latex run

1999-05-03 Thread ctdole

The upgrade helped. I only get an error the first time I output to dvi
or the printer. If I ignore the error and try again it works. I am going
recompile LyX now that I have upgrade the tetex package and see if that
helps. 

Thanks,
Chris

-- 
   Intel: where Quality is job number 0.9998782345!

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:

 This probably a problem with your installation, indeed. If we want to
 get more info on this, you should send the latex log file: when you
 just had the error, go to /tmp/lyx_tmp/lyx_bufrtmp/, where
  is some weird number, and look for a file with extansion .log
 there. It should contain a more detailed error report.
 
 JMarc

This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.2) (format=latex 1998.10.11)  2 MAY 1999 12:30
**Prolouge_test.tex
(Prolouge_test.tex
LaTeX2e 1998/06/01
Babel v3.6j and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, italian, n
ohyphenation, loaded.

(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 1998/05/05 v1.3y Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/size10.clo
File: size10.clo 1998/05/05 v1.3y Standard LaTeX file (size option)
)
\c@part=\count79
\c@section=\count80
\c@subsection=\count81
\c@subsubsection=\count82
\c@paragraph=\count83
\c@subparagraph=\count84
\c@figure=\count85
\c@table=\count86
\abovecaptionskip=\skip41
\belowcaptionskip=\skip42
\bibindent=\dimen102
) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty
Package: fontenc 1998/06/12 v1.9p Standard LaTeX package
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/t1enc.def
File: t1enc.def 1998/06/12 v1.9p Standard LaTeX file
LaTeX Font Info:Redeclaring font encoding T1 on input line 81.
)) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/misc/setspace.sty
Package: setspace 1998/04/8 6.3 Contributed and Supported LaTeX2e package
Package: `setspace' 6.3 1998/04/8
)

! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H return  for immediate help.
 ...  
  
l.23 \begin{document}
 
You're in trouble here.  Try typing  return  to proceed.
If that doesn't work, type  X return  to quit.

No file Prolouge_test.aux.
\openout1 = `Prolouge_test.aux'.

LaTeX Font Info:Checking defaults for OML/cmm/m/it on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:... okay on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:Checking defaults for T1/cmr/m/n on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:... okay on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:Checking defaults for OT1/cmr/m/n on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:... okay on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:Checking defaults for OMS/cmsy/m/n on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:... okay on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:Checking defaults for OMX/cmex/m/n on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:... okay on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:Checking defaults for U/cmr/m/n on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:... okay on input line 23.
[1

] (Prolouge_test.aux)

 *File List*
 article.cls1998/05/05 v1.3y Standard LaTeX document class
  size10.clo1998/05/05 v1.3y Standard LaTeX file (size option)
 fontenc.sty1998/06/12 v1.9p Standard LaTeX package
   t1enc.def1998/06/12 v1.9p Standard LaTeX file
setspace.sty1998/04/8 6.3 Contributed and Supported LaTeX2e package
 ***

 ) 
Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
 242 strings out of 10906
 2622 string characters out of 71921
 46636 words of memory out of 263001
 3228 multiletter control sequences out of 1+0
 5880 words of font info for 17 fonts, out of 20 for 1000
 15 hyphenation exceptions out of 1000
 23i,4n,23p,145b,160s stack positions out of 300i,100n,500p,3b,4000s

Output written on Prolouge_test.dvi (1 page, 1192 bytes).



Re: Errors during the Latex run

1999-05-03 Thread ctdole

I compiled 1.0.2pre3 again with the new versions of tetex and I get the
same error. I guess I will just have to live with this "feature". I also
used my the first four Gnomeish images (cut, copy, open,  emph) that I
converted for my personal version of LyX so that it matches the rest of
my gtk+ apps.

 Screenshot: http://web.infoave.net/~ctdole/lyx_screenshot.jpg

Thanks for the help,
Chris

-- 
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day;
 teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.



Re: Errors during the Latex run

1999-05-03 Thread ctdole

The upgrade helped. I only get an error the first time I output to dvi
or the printer. If I ignore the error and try again it works. I am going
recompile LyX now that I have upgrade the tetex package and see if that
helps. 

Thanks,
Chris

-- 
   Intel: where Quality is job number 0.9998782345!

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:

> This probably a problem with your installation, indeed. If we want to
> get more info on this, you should send the latex log file: when you
> just had the error, go to /tmp/lyx_tmp/lyx_bufrtmp/, where
>  is some weird number, and look for a file with extansion .log
> there. It should contain a more detailed error report.
> 
> JMarc

This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.2) (format=latex 1998.10.11)  2 MAY 1999 12:30
**Prolouge_test.tex
(Prolouge_test.tex
LaTeX2e <1998/06/01>
Babel  and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, italian, n
ohyphenation, loaded.

(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 1998/05/05 v1.3y Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/size10.clo
File: size10.clo 1998/05/05 v1.3y Standard LaTeX file (size option)
)
\c@part=\count79
\c@section=\count80
\c@subsection=\count81
\c@subsubsection=\count82
\c@paragraph=\count83
\c@subparagraph=\count84
\c@figure=\count85
\c@table=\count86
\abovecaptionskip=\skip41
\belowcaptionskip=\skip42
\bibindent=\dimen102
) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty
Package: fontenc 1998/06/12 v1.9p Standard LaTeX package
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/t1enc.def
File: t1enc.def 1998/06/12 v1.9p Standard LaTeX file
LaTeX Font Info:Redeclaring font encoding T1 on input line 81.
)) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/misc/setspace.sty
Package: setspace 1998/04/8 6.3 Contributed and Supported LaTeX2e package
Package: `setspace' 6.3 <1998/04/8>
)

! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H   for immediate help.
 ...  
  
l.23 \begin{document}
 
You're in trouble here.  Try typingto proceed.
If that doesn't work, type  X   to quit.

No file Prolouge_test.aux.
\openout1 = `Prolouge_test.aux'.

LaTeX Font Info:Checking defaults for OML/cmm/m/it on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:... okay on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:Checking defaults for T1/cmr/m/n on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:... okay on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:Checking defaults for OT1/cmr/m/n on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:... okay on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:Checking defaults for OMS/cmsy/m/n on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:... okay on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:Checking defaults for OMX/cmex/m/n on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:... okay on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:Checking defaults for U/cmr/m/n on input line 23.
LaTeX Font Info:... okay on input line 23.
[1

] (Prolouge_test.aux)

 *File List*
 article.cls1998/05/05 v1.3y Standard LaTeX document class
  size10.clo1998/05/05 v1.3y Standard LaTeX file (size option)
 fontenc.sty1998/06/12 v1.9p Standard LaTeX package
   t1enc.def1998/06/12 v1.9p Standard LaTeX file
setspace.sty1998/04/8 6.3 Contributed and Supported LaTeX2e package
 ***

 ) 
Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
 242 strings out of 10906
 2622 string characters out of 71921
 46636 words of memory out of 263001
 3228 multiletter control sequences out of 1+0
 5880 words of font info for 17 fonts, out of 20 for 1000
 15 hyphenation exceptions out of 1000
 23i,4n,23p,145b,160s stack positions out of 300i,100n,500p,3b,4000s

Output written on Prolouge_test.dvi (1 page, 1192 bytes).



Re: Errors during the Latex run

1999-05-03 Thread ctdole

I compiled 1.0.2pre3 again with the new versions of tetex and I get the
same error. I guess I will just have to live with this "feature". I also
used my the first four Gnomeish images (cut, copy, open, & emph) that I
converted for my personal version of LyX so that it matches the rest of
my gtk+ apps.

 Screenshot: http://web.infoave.net/~ctdole/lyx_screenshot.jpg

Thanks for the help,
Chris

-- 
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day;
 teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.



Re: Errors during the Latex run

1999-04-30 Thread Kayvan Aghaiepour Sylvan

 "ctdole" == ctdole  [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

ctdole I worked with this for some time and actually thought I had it
ctdole "fixed".  If I open a LyX document and delete the first few
ctdole lines of text and type it back in then print (or view dvi) it
ctdole comes out fine. No errors are generated. But if I save the
ctdole document and open it again and print (or dvi view) I get the
ctdole \begin{document} error. Could it have to do with my tex
ctdole package? I running tetex-0.4pl8-11 which came with Red Hat
ctdole 5.1.  Perhaps it's time to upgrade. Not knowing raw LaTex I
ctdole wouldn't know how to add something to the preamble.

I'm running tetex-0.9-6 on Redhat 5.2 and I don't see the problem you
describe. In fact, I even took the latest CVS snapshot and the
lyx.spec file and generated a quick lyx-1.0.2pre4-1 RPM and installed
that and was not able to reproduce the problem.

It might be your TeX. Have you tried running the Options-Reconfigure
to see if that fixes anything?

You might also try looking at ``Help-LaTeX Configuration'' to see if
it reveals anything strange.

---Kayvan



Re: Errors during the Latex run

1999-04-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes

 "Chris" == ctdole  [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Chris My printer has been broken for some time now and it has been a
Chris really long time since I've printed anything. I borrowed a
Chris friends printer and when trying to print Lyx documents that I
Chris wrote with Lyx 1.0.1 under my recently compiled Lyx 1.0.2pre3 I
Chris get a Missing \begin{document} error.  If I create a new
Chris document with 1.0.2pre3 and try to print I don't get an error,
Chris I can also print under Netscape so I know it's not the
Chris printer. If I insert \begin{document} in the preamble I get the
Chris same error. So basically I can't print any of the documents I
Chris wrote under 1.0.1.

Could you send a short document showing this problem? I guess there is
something in your LaTeX preamble which should not be there...

JMarc



Re: Errors during the Latex run

1999-04-30 Thread Kayvan Aghaiepour Sylvan

 "ctdole" == ctdole  [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

ctdole I worked with this for some time and actually thought I had it
ctdole "fixed".  If I open a LyX document and delete the first few
ctdole lines of text and type it back in then print (or view dvi) it
ctdole comes out fine. No errors are generated. But if I save the
ctdole document and open it again and print (or dvi view) I get the
ctdole \begin{document} error. Could it have to do with my tex
ctdole package? I running tetex-0.4pl8-11 which came with Red Hat
ctdole 5.1.  Perhaps it's time to upgrade. Not knowing raw LaTex I
ctdole wouldn't know how to add something to the preamble.

I'm running tetex-0.9-6 on Redhat 5.2 and I don't see the problem you
describe. In fact, I even took the latest CVS snapshot and the
lyx.spec file and generated a quick lyx-1.0.2pre4-1 RPM and installed
that and was not able to reproduce the problem.

It might be your TeX. Have you tried running the Options-Reconfigure
to see if that fixes anything?

You might also try looking at ``Help-LaTeX Configuration'' to see if
it reveals anything strange.

---Kayvan



Re: Errors during the Latex run

1999-04-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes

 "Chris" == ctdole  [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Chris My printer has been broken for some time now and it has been a
Chris really long time since I've printed anything. I borrowed a
Chris friends printer and when trying to print Lyx documents that I
Chris wrote with Lyx 1.0.1 under my recently compiled Lyx 1.0.2pre3 I
Chris get a Missing \begin{document} error.  If I create a new
Chris document with 1.0.2pre3 and try to print I don't get an error,
Chris I can also print under Netscape so I know it's not the
Chris printer. If I insert \begin{document} in the preamble I get the
Chris same error. So basically I can't print any of the documents I
Chris wrote under 1.0.1.

Could you send a short document showing this problem? I guess there is
something in your LaTeX preamble which should not be there...

JMarc



Re: Errors during the Latex run

1999-04-30 Thread Kayvan Aghaiepour Sylvan

> "ctdole" == ctdole  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

ctdole> I worked with this for some time and actually thought I had it
ctdole> "fixed".  If I open a LyX document and delete the first few
ctdole> lines of text and type it back in then print (or view dvi) it
ctdole> comes out fine. No errors are generated. But if I save the
ctdole> document and open it again and print (or dvi view) I get the
ctdole> \begin{document} error. Could it have to do with my tex
ctdole> package? I running tetex-0.4pl8-11 which came with Red Hat
ctdole> 5.1.  Perhaps it's time to upgrade. Not knowing raw LaTex I
ctdole> wouldn't know how to add something to the preamble.

I'm running tetex-0.9-6 on Redhat 5.2 and I don't see the problem you
describe. In fact, I even took the latest CVS snapshot and the
lyx.spec file and generated a quick lyx-1.0.2pre4-1 RPM and installed
that and was not able to reproduce the problem.

It might be your TeX. Have you tried running the Options->Reconfigure
to see if that fixes anything?

You might also try looking at ``Help->LaTeX Configuration'' to see if
it reveals anything strange.

---Kayvan



Re: Errors during the Latex run

1999-04-30 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes

> "Chris" == ctdole  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Chris> My printer has been broken for some time now and it has been a
Chris> really long time since I've printed anything. I borrowed a
Chris> friends printer and when trying to print Lyx documents that I
Chris> wrote with Lyx 1.0.1 under my recently compiled Lyx 1.0.2pre3 I
Chris> get a Missing \begin{document} error.  If I create a new
Chris> document with 1.0.2pre3 and try to print I don't get an error,
Chris> I can also print under Netscape so I know it's not the
Chris> printer. If I insert \begin{document} in the preamble I get the
Chris> same error. So basically I can't print any of the documents I
Chris> wrote under 1.0.1.

Could you send a short document showing this problem? I guess there is
something in your LaTeX preamble which should not be there...

JMarc